Chapter 3

 Chapter 3 Prenatal Development, Birth and the Newborn Baby. This chapter talks about the beginning stages of the baby. This chapter talks about the stages of a mother being healthy, the safety precautions of the environment and the stages of birth.
1. One significant learning I wanted to point out are the early stages of pregnancy. I want to point out the period prenatal development. These development includes, Zygote which is 2 weeks in, the Embryo, 6 weeks in and lastly the Fetus which is about 30 weeks into the pregnancy. The embryo is the most critical stage in the stage of a woman's pregnancy because this is where the primitive brain and spinal cord appear. Heart, muscles, ribs, backbone, and digestive tract begin to develop. This stage has a higher risk of miscarriage. This is the most dangerous time for mother and baby because health needs to be #1 priority to keep both healthy. Another significant learning I wanted to share is "SIDS." SIDS also known as sudden infant death syndrome, the unexpected death, usually during the night, of an infant under 1 year of age that remains unexplained after thorough investigation. The article that we read on pg. 85. I found this article interesting because I've never heard of SIDS before, and it stares me that mothers have to go through this knowing that they carried their babies inside them for about 9 months long. This article also mentioned that one hypothesis about SIDS is that impaired brain functioning prevents these infants from learning how to respond when their survival is threatened. Things to not do to reduce SIDS are quit smoking, changing an infants sleeping position and removing a few clothes for more comfort. When SIDS occur, surviving family members require a great deal of help to overcome a sudden unexpected death. This is probably the worst crisis a family might ever go through.
2. I wanted to talk about the experience I had back in Elementary School. I still remember the time vividly. I remember having a teacher that was pregnant at the time. She was almost due for her baby so she will be going on leave soon. As time passed, we had a temporary teacher that was watching and teaching our class. One day, I remember our substitute teacher telling us that our main teacher might not be coming back. The reason being was that her baby was in critical condition and there were rumors that the baby wasn't going to make it. After hearing the news, the class prayed and hoped for the best for our teachers baby. A month passed and the students get another news that the baby survived is okay. I wanted to share that story because I know that if the baby is sick, a mothers first instincts is to tend to their children. I believe that sometimes having a new born baby is full term commitment. It might affect the mothers profession but anything that will help the baby be healthy beside the mother is the best job ever because you get to see how your baby will grow. And what many people say, "Mothers Know Best."